Electrical wire attaching device



J1me 1952 o. F. TALLMAN ETAL 2,598,728

ELECTRICAL WIRE ATTACHING DEVICE Filed Aug. 15, 1949 2 SI-lEETS SI-IEET l 5 FIG 2 INVENTORS OSCAR F. TALLMAN Rev G GRAHAM ATTORNEY June 3, 1952 O. F. TALLMAN ET AL ELECTRICAL WIRE ATTACHING DEVICE Filed Aug. 5, 1949 2 SHEETSSHEET 2 INVENTORS OSCAR F. TA LLMAN ROY G. GRAHAM ATTORNEY Patented June 3, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT F ELECTRICAL WIRE ATTAWHING DEVICE Oscar fTallman and Roy G. Grom et. :Louis, Mo., assignors .to James R. Kearney Gorporation, St. Louis, Mo.., a corporation :of. Missouri Application August 3, 1949, Serial No. 108,298

mh'i's invention relates generally to electrical wire attaching devices of the type employed for mechanically attaching telephone and other wires to houses, buildings, and other structures, the predominant object :of the invention being to provide attaching devices for drop for service wires which because of' theimproved construction and arrangement thereof may be produced at;a substantial saving of material and Llabor, and wh'lch,in spite of their relatively inexpensive construction, are capable of performing their intended fun'ction in a highly emcien't manner. The attaching devices of the present invention employ the welllmown snu'bh'ing principle :in

providing for secure engagement of a wire with the attaching device, and because of this Efact the insulation of wires "engaged with the attaching devices is not lmpaiired by pressure applied thereto as was true in the=oaseof the rigidlypos'itioned, tie-in devices commonly employed hereto'fore. Also, =the devices of the present invention are attached to bui-ldingsor other structures in a non-rigid manner so that the attaching devices may move with the whip and-vibration-zoi the wires attached to such structures with the aid of the attaching -=devioes. Asa result :01 this arrangement; there is no centering of vibration of the wires at fixed points thereof with a .resultant impairment or destruction of theilnsuiating coverings of the wires at such points or seentered wibration, as :was true of the rigidly-ipositioned, tie-in devices mentioned :above. V

"-Fi'g.1=is a' perspective View :of oneiformnf "the improved wire attaching device of the ;present invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the wire attadhing'udevice illustrated by Fig; l.

Fig. 3 .is a side elevational wiew iof :the attaching deviceshowniinFigs. '1 :and 2..

EigAds anfenlarged:cross-:section taken-on line 44 011mg. 3.

Fig. S-is an enlarged erossisection taken on line 5-3 :of 'Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view 0f another iorm of the improved wire attaching :device "of the present invention.

F-lg. 7 is "a plan view I of the wire attaching adev'ice illustrated "by-Fig. '6. I

Fig. *8 is aside elevational view of the wire attao'hingdevice shown in Figs-6 #and '7.

Fig; 9 is" an enlarged cross-section taken on' line 9 90f Fi .7.

Fig. 10 is .an enlarged cross-section taken on line "IO-"Moi Fig. ,8. V

"Fig. 11 is a "side *elevational' view of *still -anwire 72 other form of the improved wire attaching mievice df thepresenti-invention.

Fig. .12 is an end 'elevational view rdf ithe wire attaching device oTLFig. 111.

In the drawings, wherein are .shown for ipnrposes of illustration, merely, three -embodiments of the invention A designates-generaliy the wine attaching device illustratedby Figs. 1,2, 3,4:and 5. The wire attaching device i liis'formed mom a single length of strip material, :said strip aof material being twisted to provide an elongated body portion #4 which .is :providedrwitha mommaous channelway 2 that :extends :spirally 'Ilf said body. portion l in-Lt'h-e longitudinal direction iUf said 'bodymortion.

At :one :end "thereof the .zspirally :twisted body portion of the wire attaching deviceatmerges into =3, :flat :portion '23 which :extends in rthe longitudinal direction :of said lhody sportion. tend extension 1 of :the wire 'attachmg device A rot which the iflat portion :forms :a. partis doubled over to provide-a eportion'fi which xdisposed'sub stan'tially :parallel with :respect :to the :portion 3, there being :an eye BL-iormed atithe point where the portion .3 merges into the portion .5". git-he material mi the .portion .5 is -twisted -at-the inner end thereof :to provide ra .tportion I which extends laterally :from :the portion 5, :a portion 8 :lncated beyond corresponding side edges :of the portions 3 rand:5,rand.a portion 13 which overliesthe portion Sand'that provided withan npwardlyrand outwardly inclined :part 1.0. The portion 5 ot the end extension 4 :of the wireattaching -zdevice Ais depressed slightly throughout its innerend portion, as indicated at :H inFigs. 1 and J3 and this depression provides .a: space t2 ibetweenvparts of ithemortions I3 and 5. .Arrangeda-betweensthe portions .13 :and 5 is a leaf spring IE3 having an endtpnrtion which is gripped between the closely positioned parts of said portions-3 and $5, a portion wihich is -.disposed :within the :space M, the Platter portion :of said leaf spring being provided with ca :bowed portion 7.14 "which {contacts with sthe :portion :5 .of the end .extensionl, who

- bowedlportionpfxtheleai spring l 3--.tends gto.qmove the portion :5 -:-away:irom the portion 3,,Iandias a resultsaidpow'ed portionzofisaidlear spring tends to move the portion 19 \of ithn laterally extended part of the portion 5 toward dahezportion .3 nf ith end extension il'rfor ai'purposez'o he :hereinafiter explained.

iA't th'e'en'd of the Lbodyportion I of :the wireattaching device A opposite t0 the end at which the :end extension 41s :located, said i-body portion l zm'erges into a straight :portion :lxfi. The

rial of this straight portion I is twisted to provide a lateral extension I6 which is shaped, as is shown in Fig. 5, in the approximate form of a hook, and this lateral, hook-like extension performs a function to be hereinafter explained. Also, the wire attaching device A is provided with a bail I! which preferably is shaped as shown in Figs. land 2, said bail having inwardly projected extensions H which are projected into the eye 6 at opposite ends thereof. The bail serves to attach the wire attaching device A to a house other structure are applied to the attaching de- 1 vice, said wires being extended through the continuous channelway 2 of the. body portion I, as is shown in Fig. 1. Portions of the wires W are forced beneath the portion 9 of the end extension 4 so that said wire portions are gripped between said portion 9. and the portion 3 through the action of the leaf spring I3 which forces the portion ,9 toward the portion 3, as has been previously explained herein, portions of the wires W at the opposite end of the attaching device A being engaged by the hook-like portion I6, as is shown inFig. 1. With the, wires W applied to the attaching device A as described above, the bail I! of the attaching device is engaged with the hook I8 extended from the house, or building to which the wires are being attached and portions of the wires are extended downwardly from the point where they are grippedby the portion 9 to the point where said wire portions enter the house or building. 1

Drop wires engaged bythe attaching device A are held immovable withflrespect to the attaching device in accordance with the snubbing principle and this holding action is obtained entirely tage in Figs. 9 and 10; that is to say, the element 24 includes a portion 25 which is disposed in contact with a face of the end extension 22, a portion 26 at one side of the portion 25 which is shaped as shown in Fig. 10, and a portion 21 at the opposite side of said portion 25 which is shaped as is shown in Fig. 10. The element 24 is secured to the end extension 22 by portions of the bail I9 which extend through registering apertures 28 that are formed through the end exa tension 22 and through the portion 25 of the element 24 (Figs. 9 and 10), the end portions of the bail being provided with angular portions I9a which extend through the apertures 28, and ofiset portions I9b'which serve to retain the bail portions [9a in the apertures 28.

In the use of the form of the invention shown in Figs. 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, the portions of the wires Wa which extend from the spiral channelway of with respect thereto, there is no centering of wear at a tie-in point of thewire due to whip and vibration of the wires, as is true in the use of rigid tie-in devices, and. therefore the life of the wires is greatly prolonged-as the wires are not held by the attaching device to the tensile strength of the insulation, but to the breaking strength of the wires. "Additionally, because of the presence of the portion 9 at one endof the body portion'l 'of'the attaching device and the portion I6 at the opposite end of said body portion, the wires W areprevented from becoming accidentally disengaged from said body portion I of the attaching device A. V

The form of the invention shownin Figs. '6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 difiers from the-form of the invention shown in Figs. 1, =2, 3, 4, and 5, particularly in the means for holding the wires We at the end of the attaching device. Aa at which the bailnle' is located. The attachingdevice Aa includes a body portion 28 in the form of a twisted strip of material having a continuousspiral channelway I 2|, there being an end extension 22 at "one end of said body portion which isv substantially flat and which terminates in a hook-shaped portion 23 having an outwardly extended lip 23, Extended laterally of the end extension 22 is an element 24 which is formed'from astrip of; material andis shaped as is shown to good advanthe body portion 29 to provide drop wires are first introduced into the portion 26 of the element 24, portions of said wires then being drawn to a position where they are disposed within the hookshaped portion 23 of the end extension 22,- and portionsof said wires being'then drawn'into the portion 21 of the element 24 from whichsaid wires extend downwardly to the point where they enter the house or building to which they are attached by the wire attaching device Aa. The attaching device Ad is provided with aycurved continuationv 29 at the end thereof opposite; to the end atwhich the bail I9 is located which engages the wires We and prevents their disengagement from the body portion 29 of said attaching device. 7 v I j 7 Figs. 11 and 12 illustrate a form of the invention which comprises a body portion 30 having a spirally extended, continuouschannelway 3I At one end thereof the attaching device of Figs. 11 and. 1 2 is provided with anend extension 32 that is provided with apertures 33 which are adapted to receive portions of abail (not shown), and also said and extension is provided with a hook-- shaped portion 34 projected therefrom whichvis adapted to engage and retain wires which extend through the spiral channelway 3| of thebody portion 30 of the attaching device. At the end of the attaching device remote from end thereofat which the end extension 32 is located the spirally channeled part of the body'portion 30 merges into aspirally extended, tubular portion 35 through which wires engaged, by the-attaching device extend so as to retain said wires against accidental disengagement from said body portion of the at-' taching device. j

We claim: 7 v 1. A wire attaching. device comprising a body portion which is provided with a spiral passageway extended longitudinally thereof,-an extension at an end .of said body. portion, said extension comprising a main portion extended from, said body portion, a portion which underlies said main portion and is movable with respect. thereto, a

portion extended from said movable portion which extends around and overlies said main portion, and means which tends to move said movable portion relative to said main portion in'such manner as to clamp a wire between said main portion and said overlying ,portion, --a bail attached to said extension, and means at the op:- posite end of said body portion for retaininga wire in place at that point relativeto said body portion. V 4 1 2. A wire attaching device comprising abody portion which is provided with a spiral passage way extended longitudinally thereof, an extension at an end of said body portion, said extension comprising a main portion extended from said body portion, a portion which underlies said main portion and is movable with respect thereto, a portion extended from said movable portion which extends around and overlies said main portion, and spring means which tends to move said movable portion relative to said main portion in such manner as to clamp a wire between said main portion and said overlying portion, a bail attached to said extension, and means at the opposite end of said body portion for retaining a wire in place at that point relative to said body portion.

3. A wire attaching device comprising a body portion which is provided with a spiral passageway extended longitudinally thereof, an extension at an end of said body portion, said extension comprising a main portion extended from said body portion, a portion which underlies said main portion and is movable with respect thereto, a portion extended from said movable portion which extends around and overlies said main portion, and means comprising a leaf spring which tends to move said movable portion relative to said main portion in such manner as to clamp a wire between said main portion and said overlying portion, a bail attached to said extension, and means at the opposite end of said body portion for retaining a wire in place at that point relative to said body portion.

4. A wire attaching device comprising a body portion which is provided with a spiral passageway extended longitudinally thereof, an extension at an end of said body portion, said extension comprising a main portion extended from said body portion, a portion which underlies said main portion and is movable with respect thereto, a portion extended from said movable portion which extends around and overlies said main portion, and means comprising a leaf spring disposed between said main portion and said movable portion which tends to move said movable portion relative to said main portion in such manner as to clamp a wire between said main portion and said overlying portion, a bail attached to said extension, and means at the opposite end of said body portion for retaining a wire inplaoe at that point relative to said body portion.

5. A wire attaching device comprising a body portion which is provided with a spiral passageway extended longitudinally thereof, an extension at an end of said body portion, said extension comprising a main portion extended from said body portion, a portion which underlies said main portion and is movable with respect thereto, a portion extended from said movable portion which extends around and overlies said main portion, and means which tends to move said movable portion relative to said main portion in such manner as to clamp a wire between said main portion and said overlying portion, a bail attached to said extension, an eye formed in said extension which receives portions of said bail, and means at the opposite end of said body portion for retaining a wire in place at that point relative tosaid body portion,

OSCAR F. TALLMAN. ROY G. GRAHAM.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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